Schools
160 open schools are in scope, including 90 primary and 26 secondary schools. Imedia School is the nearest published school at 343 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
B23 6XJ
Erdington · Birmingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Erdington
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Erdington
- Postcode district
- B23
- Postcode sector
- B23 6
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- B23 6XJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 July 2003
- Postcode area
- B
- Postcode district
- B23
- Postcode sector
- B23 6
- Latitude
- 52.522143
- Longitude
- -1.842252
- British National Grid easting
- 410,800
- British National Grid northing
- 291,595
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- West Midlands · E12000005
- Local authority district
- Birmingham · E08000025
- Electoral ward
- Erdington · E05011135
- Parish or community
- E43000250
- Westminster constituency
- Birmingham Erdington · E14001093
- Output area
- E00045667
- Lower layer super output area
- Birmingham 031D · E01009013
- Middle layer super output area
- Birmingham 031 · E02001857
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore B23
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 160
- Primary
- 90
- Secondary
- 26
- 343 m
Imedia School
Other independent school
- 368 m
Oscott Manor School
Academy special sponsor led
- 469 m
New Horizon Academy
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 7,434
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 3,501
- Criminal damage and arson 581
- Shoplifting 500
- Public order 462
- Vehicle crime 447
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- B23 6 residents
- 11,871
Age bands in B23 6
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.1%
- Age 15 to 24
- 12.8%
- Age 25 to 44
- 34.9%
- Age 45 to 64
- 23.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 10.5%
2,174 residents
1,531 residents
4,181 residents
2,837 residents
1,263 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
47
within 5 km straight-line
KINGSBURY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
273 KINGSBURY ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8RD
ODS code M85014
795 m
POPLARS SURGERY
17 HOLLY LANE, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 9JN
ODS code M85065
1.0 km
DR KHUROO'S PRACTICE
STOCKLAND GREEN PCC, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85716
1.0 km
RESERVOIR ROAD SURGERY
192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85070
1.0 km
TUDOR PRACTICE STOCKLAND GREEN
STOCKLAND GREEN HEALTH CENTRE, 192 RESERVOIR ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 6DJ
ODS code M85669
1.0 km
SUTTON ROAD SURGERY
122 SUTTON ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5TJ
ODS code M85115
1.6 km
MIDLANDS MEDICAL PARTNERSHIP
EATON WOOD MEDICAL CENTRE, 1128 TYBURN ROAD, ERDINGTON, BIRMINGHAM, B24 0SY
ODS code M85063
2.0 km
THE DOVE MEDICAL PRACTICE
60 DOVEDALE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B23 5DD
ODS code M85081
2.1 km
THE HAWTHORNS SURGERY
331 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, SUTTON COLDFIELD, B72 1DL
ODS code M85175
2.2 km
COLLEGE ROAD SURGERY
452 COLLEGE ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0HL
ODS code M85087
2.7 km
HILLCREST SURGERY
9 TWICKENHAM ROAD, KINGSTANDING, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0NN
ODS code M85016
2.9 km
CHURCH ROAD SURGERY
28 CHURCH ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 5UP
ODS code M85697
3.1 km
THE ST.CLEMENTS SURGERY
56 NECHELLS PARK ROAD, NECHELLS, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5PR
ODS code M85053
3.2 km
PEARL MEDICAL CENTRE
619/621 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2HB
ODS code M85803
3.2 km
GATE MEDICAL CENTRE
120 WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B8 1RE
ODS code M85170
3.2 km
AYLESBURY SURGERY
AYLESBURY HOUSE, WARREN FARM ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B44 0DX
ODS code M85779
3.3 km
FIRS SURGERY
87 KEMPSON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B36 8LR
ODS code M85107
3.3 km
SHAH ZAMAN SURGERY
70 TANGMERE DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 7QX
ODS code M85001
3.3 km
EDEN COURT MEDICAL PRACTICE
200 TANGMERE DRIVE, CASTLE VALE, BIRMINGHAM, B35 6EE
ODS code M85079
3.3 km
WARD END MEDICAL CENTRE
794A WASHWOOD HEATH ROAD, WARD END, BIRMINGHAM, B8 2JN
ODS code M85066
3.4 km
Showing 20 of 47 matching practices.
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Six Ways
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Six Ways Island
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Six Ways Island
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Six Ways
BCT · Erdington
- 0.1 miles
Six Ways Island
BCT · Erdington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Birmingham 031D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
1 of 10
Overall England rank
2,275 of 33,755
- Income
- 2 of 10
- Employment
- 1 of 10
- Education and skills
- 2 of 10
- Health and disability
- 1 of 10
- Crime
- 1 of 10
- Housing and services
- 6 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
7,434 published events cover 12 months, averaging 619.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 3,501 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.